Spectacular mark
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A spectacular mark is a mark in Australian rules football that typically involves a player jumping up on the back of another player.
Ian McKay of North Adelaide leaps for a spectacular mark during the 1952 SANFL Grand Final against Norwood at Adelaide Oval.
Dick Lee, 1914
Statue by Robert Hitchcock outside Fremantle Oval of South Fremantle's John Gerovich taking a "specky" over East Fremantle's Ray French in the 1956 WANFL preliminary final
Jeremy Howe of Collingwood taking a spectacular mark in 2017.
Mark (Australian rules football)
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A mark in Australian rules football is the catch of a kicked ball which earns the catching player a free kick. The catch must be cleanly taken, or deemed by the umpire to have involved control of the ball for sufficient time. A tipped ball, or one that has touched the ground cannot be marked. Since 2002, in most Australian competitions, the minimum distance for a mark is 15 metres.
Jeff Garlett of the Melbourne FC marking the ball
Mike Finn of Ireland attempts an contested pack mark overhead in the 2008 AFL International Cup
Robert Eddy of St Kilda FC positions himself for the difficult "out in front" mark
Alastair Lynch of Fitzroy FC attempts a one handed chest mark